Designer Accused of Copying His Own Work By Stock Art Website

the_harlequin writes "A successful designer, who has a showcase of his own work available online, has had a stock image site accuse him of copyright infringement over his own illustrations, citing damages of $18,000. The story doesn't end there; the stock photo site hired lawyers, who have contacted the original designer's clients. The lawyers told them the designer is being investigated for copyright infringement and their logos might be copied, thus damaging his reputation. 'My theory is that someone copied my artwork, separated them from any typography and then posted them for sale on the stock site. Someone working for the site either saw my [LogoPond] showcase or was alerted to the similarities. They then prepared the bill and sent it to me. The good thing is that the bill gives me a record of every single image they took from me. That helps me gather dates, sketches, emails, etc. to help me prove my case. The bad thing is that despite my explanations and proof, they will not let this go.'"

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Re:jjhkajhklsdfjkl

[EXMSFT]

The dude abides.

The Evil Batman Did It

[AttillaTheNun]

Timely, as my son is watching a batman cartoon where he battles his alter-ego from another dimension.

The "bad" batman is on a crime spree, framing the "good" batman.

Following this plotline, the solution to the OP's problem is quite straightforward:

He needs to enlist help from the Joker, who is now facing some serious competition in the battle for Gotham.

Re:The Evil Batman Did It

[Anonymous Coward]

He needs to enlist help from the Joker, who is now facing some serious competition in the battle for Gotham.

you mean, he needs to get some lawyers?

Re:hit them back

[mooingyak]

How in the world did we ever form civilization?

With much effort from Sid Meier.

Re:hit them back

[Anonymous Coward]

By "intended purpose" you mean, of course, the exact same purpose it's always used for

No you stupid fuck. No wonder the world is falling apart, with such poor powers of reasoning and observation. How in the world did we ever form civilization?

I'd go even further back. How did we ever form multicellular organisms?

Stupid fucking, of course.

Re:This is a sign of the times.

[Locke2005]

You know, the credibility of your argument would be a lot greater if your username wasn't "psychodave". I'm just sayin'...

That doesn't explain the weather, though...

[jonaskoelker]

How in the world did we ever form civilization?

With much effort from Sid Meier.

Next you're going to blame him for the large number of copyright-infringing Pirates!, aren't you?

Reading comprehension

[Tokerat]

Google notes that more than half (57%) of the takedown notices it has received under the US Digital Millennium Copyright Act 1998, were sent by business targeting competitors and over one third (37%) of notices were not valid copyright claims.

There are a lot of things that the folks at Google are capable of doing, and I believe "counting" is one of them. :-D